Entertainment

Gore Place Hosting Virtual Valentine’s Day Sips and Stories Event

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The following announcement was provided by Gore Place:

On Saturday, February 12 at 8:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, join Gore Place for a virtual wine tasting with the Urban Grape of Boston’s South End. During this special event, you’ll enjoy three wines selected by the Urban Grape’s expert wine educators and learn about wine history. Participants must be age 21 or older. Advance tickets are required. Register by Monday, January 24 at 12 p.m. ET.

Entertainment

COMICS: TV Time for Here’s Trouble, Small Saves’ Always Busy with Hockey

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

DeMarco recently added “Here’s Trouble” to his cartooning lineup, inspired by drawings he did in the 1980s when he was in high school.

Entertainment

Movie Filmed in Watertown Now in Theaters & Streaming Online

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The movie “Tender Bar,” which director by George Clooney used Watertown locales to shoot some of the scenes, is now showing in movie theaters and is streaming online starting Jan. 7. At least one part of town, the area near Bemis Park in West Watertown, was used in the film that stars Ben Affleck. The movie is showing at the Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge and at the Dedham Community Theater, but can also be streamed by subscribers of Amazon Prime. The film is based on a memoir by J.R. Moehringer, and the screenplay is by William Monahan, who also wrote “The Departed.”

Entertainment

COMICS: See What Small Saves and Trouble Are Up to This Week

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

DeMarco recently added “Here’s Trouble” to his cartooning lineup, inspired by drawings he did in the 1980s when he was in high school.

Arts

Watertown Author Wins Short Story Contest, See Where to Read the Piece

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Watertown author Kathleen Spivack won the Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest. Watertown resident Kathleen Spivak’s short story Moths, was chosen from around 900 entries as the winner of the 12th annual Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest. According to the magazine, Moths is a riveting account of a woman who clashes with her husband over the future of their special needs child. Spivack’s winning story was published online in the December issue of Gemini and she received a $1,000 award. A blind selection process is used in Gemini’s contest in which the judges do not see the authors’ names until the winning pieces are chosen. The award is a group decision where the editor, David Bright, and volunteer readers narrow down the list and then vote on the stories on the shortlist.

Entertainment

Watch Perkins School’s Students Perform in the Annual Holiday Concert

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Students at Perkins School for the Blind sang in the annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 16. Perkins School for the Blind held its annual Holiday Concert on Dec. 16, and if you missed it (or want to catch it again), the concert can be viewed online. The school included the following message with the concert announcement:

“Every year, our student musicians perform beautiful choral and instrumental works, showcasing the ways music can be accessible for all.

Cartoons

COMICS: Small Saves Remembers His Goalie Idol & Here’s Trouble Lives Up to Her Name

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James DeMarco grew up in Watertown and became a goaltender at age 5. It’s his life’s passion to stand between the pipes and keep the puck out of the net. Combining this with the love of cartooning Small Saves emerged in 1991 and took on a life of his own. “To play goal–then come home and draw Small Saves — is my ideal definition of a good day.”

DeMarco recently added “Here’s Trouble” to his cartooning lineup, inspired by drawings he did in the 1980s when he was in high school.

Entertainment

Work of Sculptor, Painter Adria Arch on Show at Watertown Art Gallery

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One of the pieces by Adria Arch on display at Storefront Art Projects on Spring Street. Storefront Art Projects, located at 83 Spring St. in Watertown, announced it is hosting Adria Arch’s The Visitors, until January 8, 2022. Since 2019, Adria’s suspended kinetic shapes have been shown at the Danforth, Brattleboro, Fitchburg, Bristol and Cahoon Museums. She keeps pushing and combining the limits of mobile, stabile, sculpture and painting.These are her latest paintings and sculpture, all completed during the Pandemic. Open Thursdays and Saturdays 1 – 4 and anytime by appointment  

For more information go to www.storefrontartprojects.com

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